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...Jane Addams, 71, famed social worker, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, following an operation for an ovarian cyst; President Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico, in Mexico City, with a high fever; Harold Gatty, 'round-the-world flyer, in Atlanta, of influenza; General Ballington Booth, 72, founder of Volunteers of America, son of the late Founder William Booth of Salvation Army, in Manhattan, following an operation for a kidney disorder...
Brother Bramwell was his father's chief of staff in 1896 when the first break took place. A brother, Ballington Booth, was in charge in the U. S. With his wife he was very successful, made many friends. Nonetheless Father William Booth abruptly ordered him home. Brother Ballington refused to obey, resigned from the Army, organized the Volunteers of America in rebellion. The Volunteers are still in existence, although not at all powerful...
Before long Brother Bramwell became dissatisfied once more with the management of affairs in the U. S. In 1922 his differences with Commander Evangeline became acute. He sent her the same message which Father William had sent Ballington: get ready to come back to England. Commander Evangeline sent him the same message Ballington had sent Father William: I won't. This time, friends in the U. S. made things so hot for Brother Bramwell that he saw fit to reinstate his sister...
Married. Charles Brandon Booth, son of General Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America, National Field Secretary of the Big Brother & Sister Movement in America; to Miss Betsy Ross, charity worker; at Webster...
Meeting in the flag-draped Hall of Colorado at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, the convention was greeted by Maud Ballington Booth, co-commander of the Volunteers of America. Said Mrs. Booth: "It is women's lot to serve and love. By serving and loving we bring into the hearts of men on earth the peace of heaven...